† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupFitzgeraldGeorgiaUnited States
African American†50.7%27.4%9.9%
African0.3%0.8%0.5%
English6.7%10.3%9.5%
American4.8%7.6%5.3%
Irish2.8%6.9%9.4%
German2.7%6.3%12.5%
Scottish1.0%1.7%1.3%
French0.6%1.0%1.6%
Scotch-Irish0.6%——
Italian0.3%2.2%4.8%
Mexican1.5%5.5%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.4%1.2%1.8%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Fitzgerald
Georgia
United States
Median age
37.5
37.7
39.1
Age 18–24
5.2%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.1%
15.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Fitzgerald
Georgia
United States
Median household income
$37,323
$77,353
$84,427
Poverty rate
27.9%
13.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
14.3%
34.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Fitzgerald
Georgia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.0%
15.5%
22.3%
Spanish
3.3%
8.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Fitzgerald
Georgia
United States
Catholic
—
8.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
26.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
49.3%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Fitzgerald, Georgia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−26.0%
2008
−18.5%
2012
−19.3%
2016
−31.1%
2020
−28.8%
2024
−32.3%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004, 2024 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for these cycles was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
33.7%Harris1,156
66.0%Trump2,264
0.3%
R+32.3
R+3.4
R+30.8
3,432
R
35.2%Biden1,221
64.0%Trump2,222
0.8%
R+28.8
D+2.3
R+33.3
3,471
R
33.7%Clinton1,055
64.9%Trump2,028
1.4%
R+31.1
R+11.8
R+33.2
3,126
R
39.8%Obama1,243
59.1%Romney1,846
1.0%
R+19.3
R+0.8
R+23.2
3,121
R
40.0%Obama1,295
58.5%McCain1,893
1.5%
R+18.5
D+7.5
R+25.8
3,236
R
36.8%Kerry1,083
62.8%Bush1,847
0.4%
R+26.0
—
R+23.5
2,943
Fitzgerald anchors Ben Hill County in Georgia's wiregrass region, where a majority-Black population coexists with deep rural voting patterns that have swung heavily in federal races over the past decade.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 32.3 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 3.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 32.3 points.
A population of 8,918, a 46% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $37,323 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Douglas and Eastman.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Fitzgerald, Georgia voted Republican by 32.3 points (R+32.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,432 votes cast, 1,156 went Democratic and 2,264 went Republican.
How many people live in Fitzgerald, Georgia?
Fitzgerald, Georgia has a population of 8,918 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Fitzgerald, Georgia?
Median household income in Fitzgerald, Georgia is $37,323 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Fitzgerald, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Fitzgerald, Georgia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
